Groceries and convenience · Small-town market · Kansas
Grocery and convenience stores in the Atchison, KS area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery and convenience stores in the Atchison, KS area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 62 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #154 of 538 scored small-town markets
#6 of 13 scored small-town markets based in Kansas
- Listings
- 8
- 1 chain location (13%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $32.1M
- On groceries · $5,598 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4M
- 18% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 13.9
- 26% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 16,172
- −0.9% since 2020
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What this means
At $5,598 per household (11% below the U.S. average), households in the Atchison area spend about $32.1M a year on groceries. Spread across 8 grocery and convenience stores, that is $4M per store, 18% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
The Atchison area has 8 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (13%) is a chain location, against 42% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 13.9, 26% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for grocery and convenience stores in the Atchison area, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates put the population change in the Atchison area from 2020 to 2025 at −0.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Atchison area scores 62 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores, ranking #154 of 538 scored small-town markets and #6 of 13 scored small-town markets based in Kansas.
How the Atchison area compares
The same measures for Kansas and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all groceries by the grocery and convenience stores counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.
| Measure | Atchison area | Kansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 13.9 | 16.9 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $4M | $3.6M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 2,035 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.9% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.9% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,598 | $6,053 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $61,112 | $74,275 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 62 | 58 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 81 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 10The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Atchison area, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in the Atchison area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 16,172−0.9% since 2020
- Households
- 5,735
- Median age
- 37.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 431 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 38
- Median household income
- $61,112+21.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $78,946
- Median home value
- $145,700
- Jobs located here
- 5,726
- Daytime population
- 14,569Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Kansas market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Kansas for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in Kansas, with the Atchison area marked.
Top small-town markets in Kansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ottawa, KS | 77 | 17 | 16.3 | $3.6M | +1.1% | #30 of 538 |
| 2Hays, KS | 76 | 17 | 13.9 | $4.1M | +0.4% | #33 of 538 |
| 3Salina, KS | 73 | 37 | 14.8 | $3.9M | −1.4% | #48 of 538 |
| 4Arkansas City-Winfield, KS | 64 | 24 | 17.9 | $3.1M | −0.4% | #129 of 538 |
| 5McPherson, KS | 64 | 28 | 23.0 | $2.6M | −0.4% | #135 of 538 |
| 6Atchison, KS | 62 | 8 | 13.9 | $4M | −0.9% | #154 of 538 |
| 7Emporia, KS | 62 | 29 | 19.8 | $2.8M | +0.4% | #158 of 538 |
| 8Great Bend, KS | 55 | 16 | 15.4 | $3.6M | −2.5% | #234 of 538 |
| 9Dodge City, KS | 53 | 33 | 28.0 | $2.1M | −0.6% | #260 of 538 |
| 10Hutchinson, KS | 52 | 55 | 21.5 | $2.6M | −0.6% | #268 of 538 |
Other business types in the Atchison area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores62
- Grocery stores
- Convenience stores
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many grocery and convenience stores are in the Atchison, KS area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 8 grocery and convenience stores in the Atchison area. One of them (13%) is a chain location. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. No official count is published for grocery and convenience stores in the Atchison area: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in the Atchison, KS area spend on groceries?
About $32.1M a year, or $5,598 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $4M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,735 households in the Atchison area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Atchison, KS area compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
The Atchison area has 13.9 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $4M, 18% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, the Atchison area would have about 10, against 8 on map listings.
How fast is the Atchison, KS area growing?
Population estimates put the Atchison area at 16,172 people in 2025, down 0.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,735 households. The median household income in the Atchison area is $61,112 a year, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 21.2% from the 2015–2019 survey, before inflation.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. The Atchison area scores 62 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #154 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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